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Coring among sheep: investigating a pasture's past 24 August 2022
It is late June, and on a windy meadow north of Leiden known as the Vrouw Vennepolder a group of archaeology students just hit the last ice age. Consi...
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Aitor Burguet-Coca studied fire-use from Palaeolithic to Bronze Age: ‘This gives us an image on different uses of fire across prehistory’ 09 May 2022
For the following years, Dr Aitor Burguet-Coca will be a returning face at the Faculty of Archaeology. He will join Dr Amanda Henry’s team with his ex...
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Faculty of Archaeology ranks 7th in QS World University Ranking 08 April 2022
It is the sixth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World University...
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Archaeology alumna Oda Nuij wins Florschütz Thesis Award 03 March 2022
Annually, the Dutch Palynologische Kring invites nominations for the Florschütz Award for best MSc thesis in Palynology and Palaeobotany. This year, t...
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Innovative research offers new insight into ancient infant feeding practices 04 February 2022
New sampling and analytical strategies give archaeologists a better understanding of the nutrition and survival of ancient populations. Publication in...
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Three Leiden papers in top 10 most cited of Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 14 January 2022
At the start of the year a lot of journals publish lists of their most cited papers of the previous year. Three papers published by Leiden archaeologi...
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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant 05 October 2021
Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to M...
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Rachel Schats joins Leiden Teachers Academy: ‘I am always trying to look for ways to make teaching stick better' 24 September 2021
The Leiden Teachers Academy (LTA) was founded to help collaboration between excellent teachers. Osteoarchaeologist Dr Rachel Schats has been one of th...
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Asteroid named after Emeritus Professor Corrie Bakels: 'I revolve around the sun in 5.5 years' 22 September 2021
Corrie Bakels is known as one of the founders of bio-archaeology in the Netherlands. One of her former students, Dr Marco Langbroek, active in astrono...
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Investigating health equality in the past with a VIDI grant: ‘We will look for indications of stress’ 17 August 2021
Dr Sarah Schrader, an expert in the study of human remains, received a VIDI grant for a research project on health and inequality. In present day peop...
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Leiden archaeologists involved in grant for state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry 24 June 2021
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a €4.84 million NWO Large grant to set up a new state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry. The...
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Archaeology in eighth position worldwide in QS World University Rankings 2021 09 March 2021
It is the fifth year in a row that the Faculty of Archaeology is placed in the top ten of archaeological institutes worldwide. The QS World University...
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Skype a Scientist: talking about ancient bones with people all over the world 02 December 2020
Skype a Scientist is an online platform that matches scientists with classrooms and families around the world. At the start of the corona crisis, PhD ...
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Archaeozoological Lab reorganised and renewed: 'We can now study most of the fauna in Europe' 01 October 2020
The Laboratory for Archaeozoological Studies underwent a big reorganization and received a great donation from the Institute of Biology this summer. L...
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New Handbook on microscopic archaeological samples crosses disciplines 13 July 2020
A couple of years ago, Dr Amanda Henry noted that she was unable to determine all microremains in her archaeological samples. Herself an expert on sta...